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Virginia Beach council approves consent agenda, adopts workforce-housing grant program and funds Lynnhaven Parkway improvements
Summary
The Virginia Beach City Council approved its consent agenda, including an ordinance to create an attainable workforce housing performance grant program and a transfer of funds for Lynnhaven Parkway corridor improvements. The council also certified a closed session, approved minutes (with one abstention), and confirmed several appointments.
The Virginia Beach City Council approved a multi-item consent agenda at a public meeting, voting to authorize a new attainable workforce-housing performance grant program, transfer funds to a Lynnhaven Parkway corridor improvement project and accept several state and federal appropriations.
The council’s approval included ordinance language to establish an attainable workforce housing performance grant program and several other franchise, appropriation and capital-project ordinances. Vice Mayor Wilson read the items on the consent agenda before the council voted 11-0 to approve them.
The workforce-housing ordinance establishes the city’s “attainable workforce housing performance grant program,” which council members described as a significant step to increase housing options for the local workforce. “The ordinance for the attainable workforce housing grant program is a very significant step for our city to take. It will really move the needle for attainable workforce housing,” said Council member Michael.
The consent agenda also included a transfer of funds to capital…
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